An Atheist Professor of Philosophy
was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has With
GOD, the
ALMIGHTY. He asked one
of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .Professor :You are a Christian, aren't you, son ? Student
:Yes, sir. Professor
:So, you Believe in GOD ? Student
:Absolutely, sir. Professor
:Is GOD Good ? Student
:Sure. Professor
:Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ? Student
:Yes. Professor
:My Brother died of
Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him. Most of us
would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

Professor
:Is there Sickness? Immorality?
Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't
they?Student :Yes, sir. Professor :So, who Created them ?

(Student ha d no answer)

Professor : Science
says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the
World around you. Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen
GOD?Student
: No, sir. Professor :
Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD? Student
:No , sir. Professor :Have you ever Felt your GOD
, Tasted your GOD ,
Smelt your GOD ? Have you ever had any Sensory
Perception of GOD for that matter?Student
: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor :
Yet you still Believe in HIM? Student
:Yes. Professor :According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable
Protocol,
Science says your GOD doesn't
exist. What do you say to that, son?Student
:Nothing. I only have my Faith. Professor :Yes, Faith. And that is the
Problem Science has.

Student :
Professor, is there such a thing as
Heat? Professor
:Yes.Student :
And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor
:Yes. Student
:No, sir. There
isn't..

(The Lecture
Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student :
Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More
Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,
a Little Heat or No Heat.
But we don't have anything called Cold.
We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we
can't go any further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold.
Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy.
Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of
it.

(There was
Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student
:What about Darkness, Professor? Is
there such a thing as Darkness?Professor :Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness? Student
:You're wrong again, sir.
Darkness is the Absence of SomethingYou
can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light,
Flashing Light . .
.
But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its
called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness
isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker,
wouldn't you?Professor
:So what is the point you are
making, Young Man ? Student :
Sir, my point is your Philosophical
Premise is flawed. Professor
:Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student :
Sir, you are working on the Premise
of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is
Death, a Good GOD and a Bad
GOD. You are viewing the
Concept of GOD as something
finite, something we can
measure.
Sir, Science can't even explain a
Thought.It uses Electricity and Magnetism,
but has never seen, much less fully understood either
one. To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of
the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive
Thing. Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just
the Absence of it Now tell me, Professor, do you
teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?Professor :If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process,
yes, of course, I do. Student
:Have you ever observed
Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with
a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going
)

Student
:Since no one has ever observed
the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even prove
that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor, Are
you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are
you not a Scientist but a Preacher?(The Class was in Uproar
)

Student
:Is there anyone in the Class who has
ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter
)

Student
:Is there anyone here who has ever
heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . .
.No
one appears to have done so. So, according to
the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable
Protocol, Science says that You have No Brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures,
sir?

(The Room was
Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face
unfathomable)

Professor
:I guess you'll have to take
them on Faith, son. Student
:That is it sir . . . Exactly
!The
Link between Man & GOD is
FAITH. That is all
that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

NB:

I
believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so .. .
You'll probably want your
Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't
you?Forward them to Increase their
Knowledge . . . or FAITH. That student was
Albert Einstein.

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